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When the President said nothing in the earlier days of the protest, the drooling children were crying and complaining. Now that he has made a statement the drooling children are now crying he should have kept his mouth shut.
The U.S need to stay the hell out of it. We have our own issues here at home. And as the drooling children often scream at the top of their lungs, "We are BROKE".
He cannot make the Whiners happy, they will whine no matter what he does. If I were him I would just ignore them, and my guess is he does, why on earth would he lower himself to their level, it is not logical.
Casper
No, Obama has a conservative and nuanced foreign policy. We also don't know what may be going on behind the scenes here.
I prefer his approach to invading countries and occupying them for years, costing many thousands of lives including our own people, based on some fabricated evidence.
There are other ways to handle a situation other than bombing the crap out of people, you know.
What is nuanced about not having a clear foreign policy?
I admit that I dont like Obama, his policies, his friends, his background, his secrets, etc etc etc. But while he may be holding back for different reasons, I dont know if I can fault him much any more for this. We dont even know who these "rebels" are and what they believe. If history shows us anything, we could help them out and give them millions in aide and still be blamed for everything like usual.
I could be wrong, but that's just how I feel. Uneasy, cautious, and I hold a significant "dislike" and disdain, to put it lightly, for the middle east and their beliefs and way of life as a whole because largely, even as a people, many have not given me much hope to feel other wise.
I typically don't agree with you, but I definitely do here. Have we not learned our lessons from the past by arming, training and funding these countries only to get bit in our collective arse?
We have no leadership. The UN is a useless waste of taxpayer money. What good are they? Genocides, democracy protesters slaughtered in the streets and this "world body" does nothing.
A timid American response | Philadelphia Inquirer | 03/08/2011 (http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/117567613.html - broken link)
That is his usual SOP - wait and see, then try and get on the winning side so it helps him politically. After all, it's always all about obama.
Really, Sanrene, and what exactly do you want him to do? Commit our already stretched military to another war in the Middle East? How many more useless wars you you want this country to pay for?
And before you got to the glorious efforts of GWB as comparison, let me leave you with one word: Darfur.
Obama cleaned his teeth last night Toothpaste is a waste of taxpayer money Blah blah blah ....
Just another soooo predictable attack on the President. Yeah, lets just go diving head first into yet another conflict. We have done so well in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, etc..
Let the UK and France take the lead. The French, at least, understand North Africa and have intervened militarily in Africa multiple times.
Really, Sanrene, and what exactly do you want him to do? Commit our already stretched military to another war in the Middle East? How many more useless wars you you want this country to pay for?
And before you got to the glorious efforts of GWB as comparison, let me leave you with one word: Darfur.
Typical.
Again I ask, where the hell will the money come from?
Thats like someone who is unemployed and bankrupt deciding they want to jump in their car and ride from New Jersey to Las Vegas on a empty gas tank, no money in the bank and maxed out credit cards.
The US probably would not have gained freedom from Britain if not for intervention from foreign powers.
Just sayin'
Then let the French and Italians handle it.
We're overbooked.
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Toothpaste is a waste of taxpayer money 
